Discolithina jonesii

(Boudreaux & Hay, 1969) Varol, n. comb. Jan 15, 2022

Set number: 1232

  • Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04516 1
  • Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04520 2
  • Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04521 3
  • Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04525 4
  • Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04515 5
  • Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04519 6
  • Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04522 7
  • Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04524 8
  • Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04523 9
  • Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04527 10
  • Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04529 11
  • Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04526 12
    10µm
Pontosphaera jonesii, Pleistocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 229A, Red Sea
Final Epithet
Discolithina jonesii (Boudreaux & Hay, 1969) Varol, n. comb.
Basionym

Crassapontosphaera jonesi Boudreaux & Hay, 1969

References

Backman, J., 1980. Miocene-Pliocene nannofossils and sedimentation rates in the Hatton-Rockall Basin, NE Atlantic Ocean. Stockholm Contributions in Geology 36, 1-91.

Boudreaux, J. E., Hay, W. W., 1969. Calcareous nannoplankton and biostratigraphy of the late Pliocene-Pleistocene-Recent sediments in the Submarex cores. Revista Española de Micropaleontología 1(3), 249-292.

Taxonomy
Discolithina
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Quaternary
        • Pleistocene
          • Late Pleistocene
            • Tarantian
      • Neogene
        • Pliocene
          • Early Pliocene
            • Zanclean
Stratigraphic Range
Zanclean - Tarantian
Age (Ma)
5.33? - 0.01?
Holotype
Pontosphaera jonesii VR 04520

Crassapontosphaera jonesi Boudreaux & Hay, 1969

Late Pliocene

Submarex Core E3, Atlantic Ocean